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[General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft being repositioned on flight deck] (Item)

Photograph of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft (nose number 305) being repositioned on the flight deck, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex / Repositioning TBM's / B15."Caption on album page: "Repositioning 'Avenger' torpedo bombers."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa…

[Paul J. Madden standing next to damaged tail of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of Paul J. Madden standing next to the damaged tail of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft, USS Essex (CV-9), December 1, 1944. Madden's head is bandaged from an injury sustained in the accident.Inscription on verso: "Paul J. Madden & torpedo plane minus port side of tail (sheared off in flight). Only real damage was to photog's head / 12/1/1944."Part of a disassembled album containing…

[Serviceman U. C. Bray seated in turret gun of General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy serviceman U. C. Bray seated in the turret gun of a General Motors TBM Avenger aircraft, circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "35 / AG-83 / TBM Turret Gunner U. C. Bray / E15."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.

[Serviceman securing Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during typhoon] (Item)

Photograph of a U.S. Navy serviceman securing a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft during a typhoon, USS Essex (CV-9), December 18, 1944. Caption on album page: "Plane captain securing F6F in typhoon."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1995.

[Servicemen battling a fire caused by belly tank explosion] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen battling a fire caused by a belly tank explosion, USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944. Inscription on verso: "Essex -- 1944 / Putting out gasoline fire after fighter belly tank explosion / A19"Caption on album page: "F6F belly tank fire."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa…

[Servicemen folding wings of Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen folding the wings of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (fuselage designation 118, tail code F), USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex / AG-83 F6F / Folding wings of taxiing fighter."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.

[Damaged General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft on USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a damaged General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. Caption on album page: "Damaged torpedo plane from another carrier after landing on Essex."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.

[General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft on USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a General Motors TBM-3 Avenger aircraft (tail number 91) on the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945. Inscription on verso: "Essex 1944 / TBM home to roost / B06."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.

[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft being hoisted onto deck of USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft being hoisted onto the deck of the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944.Inscription on verso: "Majuro -- 1944 / F6F replacement."Caption on album page: "F6F replacement hoisted aboard Essex."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.

[Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft being catapulted from USS Essex] (Item)

Photograph of a Grumman F6F Hellcat aircraft (tail number 15) being catapulted from the USS Essex (CV-9), circa 1944-1945.Inscription on verso: "Essex / AG-15 / F6F being cataputed [sic]."Part of a disassembled album containing materials related to Paul J. Madden's service with the U.S. Navy during World War II, circa 1940-1945.